Is everyone with a 5.0's flexplate exposed
02-05-2018, 12:35 PM
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Is everyone with a 5.0's flexplate exposed
Is everyone with a 5.0's flexplate exposed or am I missing the top half of my flexplate shield on my engine or transmission bell housing? I can literally see the flexplate in the thing but there is a small lower cover or access panel or whatever you want to call it.
02-05-2018, 03:17 PM
#3
I have the same year and trans and I can't see the flex plate on mine, there's a separator plate between the trans bell housing and engine block then a little access panel below it.
I rolled up under mine with a creeper and snapped a pic.
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I rolled up under mine with a creeper and snapped a pic.
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Dunrollin (03-06-2018)
03-06-2018, 08:40 AM
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https://www.tascaparts.com/
https://parts.ford.com/en.html
Or go to your local dealer and ask. Find a junk yard with the same generation and see if you can pull one off.
https://parts.ford.com/en.html
Or go to your local dealer and ask. Find a junk yard with the same generation and see if you can pull one off.
Last edited by FLXLT; 03-06-2018 at 08:42 AM.
03-06-2018, 08:59 AM
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The separator plate bolts to the back of the engine before mating it to the transmission. Yours is missing. Has the engine and/or trans. ever been out? Your inspection cover appears to have a clean upper edge as if it had been tucked up behind the sep. plate at one time. Either way, somebody messed up big, either on the assembly line or in a shop somewhere. The engine and trans. have to be split to install it.
Last edited by PerryB; 03-06-2018 at 06:05 PM.
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03-07-2018, 05:50 PM
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The separator plate bolts to the back of the engine before mating it to the transmission. Yours is missing. Has the engine and/or trans. ever been out? Your inspection cover appears to have a clean upper edge as if it had been tucked up behind the sep. plate at one time. Either way, somebody messed up big, either on the assembly line or in a shop somewhere. The engine and trans. have to be split to install it.
https://parts.ford.com/shop/en/us/ot...rear-6337687-1
03-07-2018, 05:56 PM
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Seems to me a fella could drop the lower inspection plate, remove the starter. Remove all bolts but one between engine and trans. Wedge the part up in there most of the way. Remove the last bolt, finish wedging it in, install that bold then all other bolts but What do I know? From the looks of the part it seems to use the same bolts as the engine to trans bolts.
03-07-2018, 06:08 PM
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Seems to me a fella could drop the lower inspection plate, remove the starter. Remove all bolts but one between engine and trans. Wedge the part up in there most of the way. Remove the last bolt, finish wedging it in, install that bold then all other bolts but What do I know? From the looks of the part it seems to use the same bolts as the engine to trans bolts.
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Last edited by RLXXI; 03-07-2018 at 06:18 PM.
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